Goslarer Kaiserring

Since 1975, the Goslarer Kaiserring (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔslaʁɐ ˈkaɪzɐʁɪŋ], lit. 'Imperial Ring of Goslar') award has been given, by the city of Goslar, to a distinguished international artist of modern and contemporary art.^[1][2][3] The award is for artists whose work has given the contemporary art significant impetus.^[4] The prize consists of an aquamarine set in gold, in which the seal of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050–1106) is engraved.^[4] It is made every year by the goldsmith Hadfried Rinke from Worpswede.^[4]

Recipients

Source:^[5]

• 1975: Henry Moore
• 1976: Max Ernst
• 1977: Alexander Calder
• 1978: Victor Vasarely
• 1979: Joseph Beuys
• 1980: Jean Tinguely (acceptance refused)
• 1981: Richard Serra
• 1982: Max Bill
• 1983: Günther Uecker
• 1984: Willem de Kooning
• 1985: Eduardo Chillida
• 1986: Georg Baselitz
• 1987: Christo
• 1988: Gerhard Richter
• 1989: Mario Merz
• 1990: Anselm Kiefer
• 1991: Nam June Paik
• 1992: Rebecca Horn
• 1993: Roman Opalka
• 1994: Bernd and Hilla Becher
• 1995: Cy Twombly
• 1996: Dani Karavan
• 1997: Franz Gertsch
• 1998: Ilya Kabakov
• 1999: Cindy Sherman
• 2000: Sigmar Polke
• 2001: Christian Boltanski
• 2002: Jenny Holzer
• 2003: William Kentridge
• 2004: Katharina Sieverding
• 2005: Robert Longo
• 2006: Jörg Immendorff
• 2007: Matthew Barney
• 2008: Andreas Gursky
• 2009: Bridget Riley
• 2010: David Lynch
• 2011: Rosemarie Trockel
• 2012: John Baldessari
• 2013: Ólafur Elíasson^[6]
• 2014: Wiebke Siem
• 2015: Boris Mikhailov^[7]
• 2016: Jimmie Durham
• 2017: Isa Genzken
• 2018: Wolfgang Tillmans
• 2019: Barbara Kruger
• 2020: Hans Haacke^[8]
• 2021: Adrian Piper^[9][10][11]
• 2022: Isaac Julien^[12]
• 2023: Yury Albert [Wikidata] and Vadim Zakharov^[13]
• 2024: Miriam Cahn^[14][15]
• 2025: Katharina Fritsch^[16]